Global Poker Index: Sam Greenwood Still the Top Canadian

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list, visit the official GPI website. Here's a look at the rankings as of September 7, 2016.

GPI Top 10 Canadians

Canadian Rank

Global Rank

Player

Total Score

1

32

Sam Greenwood

3,335.09

2

35

Ari Engel

3,260.09

3

39

Mike McDonald

3,191.40

4

46

Timothy Adams

3,080.65

5

67

Sam Chartier

2,800.79

6

79

Mike Leah

2,694.60

7

85

Mike Watson

2,645.97

8

90

Daniel Dvoress

2,625.55

9

91

Jonathan Duhamel

2,620.44

10

93

Daniel Negreanu

2,612.30

It's another week with Sam Greenwood leading Team Canada with his points unchanged. The only changes this week came from old results degrading in value. Mike Leah and Sam Chartier swapped spots with the latter now topping the former. And Jonathan Duhamel and Daniel Negreanu both lost points to put them in the No. 9 and No. 10 spots, respectively, allowing Daniel Dvoress to climb two spots to No. 8.

2016 GPI Player of the Year

Rank

Player

GPI Score

Change

1

Fedor Holz

3,637.69

-

2

Chance Kornuth

3,336.54

-

3

David Peters

3,097.44

-

4

Paul Volpe

3,095.05

-

5

Adrian Mateos

3,045.89

-

6

Nick Petrangelo

3,008.21

-

7

Ivan Luca

2,992.47

-

8

Jason Mercier

2,931.51

-

9

Connor Drinan

2,926.70

-

10

Dominik Nitsche

2,875.65

-

It was essentially a week off for nearly everybody as far as the 2016 Global Poker Index Player of the Year race was concerned, with zero movement whatsoever among the top 10. That means 13 straight weeks in front for Fedor Holz who continues to enjoy a decent-sized lead over a chase pack headed by Chance Kornuth at No. 2.

It was similarly quiet over at the top of the overall GPI rankings, with only a small bit of shuffling at the bottom of the top 10 as a few players' scores were slightly affected by the aging factor.

Holz remains the No. 1 player in the world for a 13th-straight week here as well. Meanwhile Anthony Zinno and David Peters moved up slightly and Bryn Kenney and Tom Marchese slipped a little although no one fell out of the top 10.

Welcome to the GPI Top 300

Rank

Player

Total Score

214

Gordon Vayo

2,092.18

228

Ray Qartomy

2,060.82

233

Kyle Bowker

2,056.00

255

Paul Matanel

2,011.11

290

Garrett Greer

1,915.85

295

Peter Eichhardt

1,891.84

296

Darren Rabinowitz

1,890.18

300

Dylan Wilkerson

1,883.05

There are just eight newcomers into this week's GPI top 300, with November Niner Gordon Vayo the highest-ranked of the group after moving up exactly 100 spots from No. 314 to No. 214.

Vayo currently sits third in chips among the final nine in the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event that finally resumes again in a little under two months. Meanwhile the San Franciscan has spent the interim in a profitable manner, taking the title in the WinStar River Poker Series Main Event earlier this week. Vayo took away a cool $587,120 following a five-way final table deal.

Vayo has been in and out of the top 300 some over recent weeks. His highest career GPI ranking was No. 168 back in April 2013.

Biggest Gains

Rank

Player

Total GPI Score

Change

255

Paul Matanel

2,011.11

+1178

228

Ray Qartomy

2,060.82

+307

290

Garrett Greer

1,915.85

+137

214

Gordon Vayo

2,092.18

+100

233

Kyle Bowker

2,056.00

+68

That 100-spot jump landed Vayo in the "Biggest Gains" list this week, although there were players making larger leaps as well.

Garrett Greer went from No. 427 to No. 290 after finishing eighth in that aforementioned WPT Legends of Poker event. Ray Qartomy moved up from No. 535 to No. 228 after a 10th-place finish in that WinStar River Poker Series Main Event won by Vayo. And Paul Manatel jumped all the way from No. 1,434 to No. 255 after collecting cashes at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and European Poker Tour Barcelona.

Biggest Drops

Rank

Player

Total GPI Score

Change

281

Alex Keating

1,934.21

-41

272

Nathan Bjerno

1,975.13

-38

217

Ali Fazeli

2,084.28

-37

249

Louis Salter

2,021.72

-34

261

Riley Fuller

1,999.93

-30

Finally, those on this week's "Biggest Drops" list didn't drop very much at all this week, with Alex Keating's slip from No. 240 to No. 281 being the steepest fall.

What to Expect Next Week

Meanwhile The Commerce Poker Series cranks up in Los Angeles, as does another Deepstack Extravaganza at the Venetian in Las Vegas. The WSOP Circuit stops over in Campione, Italy this week, and the Norwegian Championships take place September 10-11 at the Radidon Blu Caledonien in Kristiansand, Norway.

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